Many of us teachers at BHS (and all over the country) have been deeply thinking and talking about how we can take action to promote social justice and equality for all students- specifically for people of color. I will be curating as much information and resources as I can on this site, and will do my best to take in as many books, articles, podcasts, films, etc. as I can to help deliver this material to you. I am still learning. I hope that you will join me!

I welcome your recommendations. I welcome your knowledge of diverse composers/pieces/artists. I welcome conversations and discussion about how we can best promote social justice and equality through our choral program. The performing arts world is inclusive, kind, welcoming, and includes every type of person on Earth. Our responsibility and opportunity is to make the people's world better through our art.

Our in-class conversations about this may become uncomfortable. They will most certainly challenge all of us as human beings. However, they are extremely important in order to take the appropriate steps forward to end systemic racism in our society. In our choral program, we will champion black, indigenous, and persons of color (BIPOC) through celebrating and performing their work, learning about the inspiration behind the art created by them, and allowing ourselves to have honest and courageous conversations about race.